Snow Camping

This group of brave souls are

heading up to Mt. Hood to camp

in the snow. They are going to

dig out snow caves and climb inside

to sleep. They say it's actully warmer

inside the cave than outside. Yea, this

isn't for me. Sarai is very excited this

will be her first camping trip to the

snow. she's in front with VSAA on her

leg. she does look cute though, huh.

several years apart.

Ok so these are the latest pictures I got. the oldest girl in both is my mother and the little blond is her younger sister my Aunt Donna, who by the way still has that same color of hair. the woman is Donna's mother Lee and my Grandpa Edwin Martin. It looks like they were taking a trip somewhere huh. Mom doesn't look to happy in the first pic. I noticed.

Compare me then and now.

Ok so this is me in Augest of 2008 with my
Auntie and this is me today. do you see
a difference. Size wise, i mean. I've lost
18 lbs in the last two months, can you tell?

Peru, 1988

We took this in 1988 in the main post office
in Lima, Peru. This was while I'm still thin.

The Portland Spirit

I just found this picture again. It was taken
in Aug. 2001. Alex and I got to ride the river
paddle boat the Portland Spirit. He had been
with Panasonic for 10 years and this was where
they had their 10 year dinner. It was so cool
we even got to drive the boat.

Crazy Hair Day!

Spirit Week!
Crazy Hair Day 2009
This is my Gillian she is 12 and had been sick for three days but realy wanted to be well enough
to go to school for this day. She went to school with the rags still in half her hair. Cute huh. She still had a little curl after her shower that night. Her hair hold the curl well. Yea her.

Happy Birthday DJ

Me and my friends on DJ's birthday. We had a little party for her at my house.
It was fun. DJ is of course the princess in the middle and Kate is next to her. We
had fun.

Family History can be so much fun.

So I have gotten into family history lately and just finished typing up my grandmother personal history. Although is was just a chunk of her life, but it was a fun part. I discovered that she quit school just shy of her senior year to marry my Grandfather. But she tried to go back later and get it. Grandpa was drafted and she had to follow by bus. What an amazing time they lived in and what an amzing life to read about. I'd like to be there in the past and record all that I witnessed of there lives first hand. Wow! Family history can be such an adventure. Discover something new about someone in your family and have fun doing it.